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    Introduction: The concept of “doctor-patient confidentiality” derives from English common law and is codified in many states’ statutes. It is based on ethics‚ not law‚ and goes at least as far back as the Roman Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians. It is different from “doctor-patient privilege‚” which is a legal concept. Both‚ however‚ are called upon in legal matters to establish the extent by which ethical duties of confidentiality apply to legal privilege. Legal privilege involves the right to

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    PHYSICAL/HEALTH ASSESSMENT Assessment is a core activity of nursing practice. It includes gathering information about the health status of a patient/client‚ analyzing/inspecting and interpreting the data and deciding how to use the information in the patient’s plan of care‚ and evaluating the quality of the plan of care. It also includes assessing community‚ or population and using the information in planning and delivering care. ***How has your practice in nursing enabled you to apply the principles

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    Patient safety at risk after number of medication errors doubles in two years By Daniel Martin UPDATED: 08:33‚ 4 September 2009 * Comments (7) * Share * * * * Mistakes included giving patients the wrong dose of a drug or giving medicine to the wrong patient Patient safety is being put at risk because of medication errors which have more than doubled in two years‚ a report has shown. More than 86‚000 mistakes including drugs being given to the wrong

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    The acuity of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) regularly requires extensive measures to provide necessary life supporting care. Very often this includes the need of mechanical ventilation. For obvious reasons‚ patients that require mechanical ventilation experience agitation and apprehension; because of this‚ these patients commonly need to be sedated. For many years different methods of sedation have been tried‚ such as intermittent boluses that may lead to indiscriminate arousal of the

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    ¬¬¬ Taking Control of My Life Anthony A. Adamczyk ENG 121 Prof. Mary Stewart 12/13/10 Taking Control of My Life School‚ why are you going back to school? That is the question I have been answering for the last few months. I have a good job‚ make good money‚ and have worked for the same company for the last 11 plus years. Why would someone start all over again? When that question comes up‚ I remember a few lines from the movie “Passed Away” (1992) the main character Jack Warden

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    Historians‚ Lois Green Carr and Lorena S. Walsh‚ have came to identify several factors that demonstrate the higher status and the fewer restraints that women residing in Maryland held. The women in England had additional restraints and a lower social status. This was expressed in The Planter’s Wife. In the late 1680’s‚ many immigrants came to Maryland. The majority of these immigrants were found to be men. Very few women chose to resettle. Many did not wish to leave their families and communities

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    Patient advocacy is a big part of nursing. According to How To Be An Advocate‚ (2009) advocacy is defined as “one that pleads the cause of another‚ one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal‚ or one that supports or promotes the interest of another” (pg. 2). Nurses are the forefront as advocates for our patients. It is our duty as nurses to stand up for our patients and ensure that they are receiving the care they should and support their decisions holistically. Nurses have the most

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    A Noiseless Patient Spider A noiseless patient spider‚ I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated‚ Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding‚ It launch’d forth filament‚ filament‚ filament‚ out of itself‚ Ever unreeling them‚ ever tirelessly speeding them. And you O my soul where you stand‚ Surrounded‚ detached‚ in measureless oceans of space‚ Ceaselessly musing‚ venturing‚ throwing‚ seeking the spheres to connect them‚ Till the bridge you will need be form’d‚ till

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    Taking a Chance‚” a sarcastic and opinionated essay written by Walter Lippmann is strongly worded to portray a tone of frustration towards political writers‚ through first and second point of view Lippmann makes the failures political authors achieve through non aggressive and non opinionated views come to light and he discusses the lack of aggression needed in political writing. As it begins in first person point of view it takes a drastic change directed at the reader towards the end of the text

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    • I have thoroughly enjoyed reading personal experiences with “difficult “ patients that my colleagues have encountered‚ as well as great ideas on approaching such patients. • I’d like to share with you a “difficult” patient with borderline personality disorder‚ whose care I was involved with during my mental health rotation. • X was a lady in her mid twenties‚ who presented to ED after slashing both her wrists following an altercation with her partner. During the interview she was quite angry with

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